Youngkin: Loudoun County dad arrested while objecting to alleged assault deserves 'universal apology'Fox News, Dec 15, 2022
Scott Smith, the Loudoun County, Va., parent arrested while objecting during a school board meeting following the alleged sexual assault of his daughter by a biological male in a restroom deserves a "universal apology," Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin told Fox News on Thursday.
"I think that across the board, there should be a universal apology to Mr. Smith," he said. "He stood up for his daughter's rights and his daughter had been sexually assaulted."
Youngkin highlighted the fact Smith was not only socially "cancelled" but dragged out by county police at the school board's whim.
"It's just unacceptable."
Youngkin, speaking with "The Story" anchor Martha MacCallum from the governor's mansion in Richmond, said he is conversely very proud of Commonwealth Attorney General Jason Miyares and his grand jury, who examined the facts of the case which ultimately led to the indictment of now-former Loudoun Superintendent Scott Ziegler on a lying-related charge and his firing.
The recent findings from a grand jury in Loudoun County just illuminate the reality that we knew what was going on in Loudoun County, and it took a change in governor, a governor's directive, a grand jury led by our attorney general to shine a light on the fact that a parent had been escorted by police from a school board meeting for complaining and protesting that his daughter had been assaulted in a restroom and the superintendent covered it up," Youngkin said.
The governor said the ordeal showed there needs to be a consistent effort to reestablish the primary role of parents in their children's lives and schooling.
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